Hiatodoris fellowsi (Kay & D. K. Young, 1969)
- Location
- Sokodo(Sanmata), Hachijo Island, Tokyo, Japan
- Date
- 2016/07/27
- Length
- 40mm
- Depth
- 15.0m
- Water temperature
- 28.0℃
Description
A medium-sized dorid nudibranch reaching about 60 mm in length. The body is white and the dorsum is densely covered with fine granular tubercles, giving the species a snowball-like appearance. The rhinophores are white with dark-brown lamellae; a longitudinal strip on the back of each rhinophore lacks lamellae and stays white. The gills are white with the tip of each gill axis dark brown. The species lays distinctive three-dimensional white egg masses.Distribution
Originally described from the Hawaiian Islands. Subsequently recorded from New Caledonia, Henderson Island, and Japan (Hachijo Island), reflecting a broad central to western Pacific range.Etymology
The specific epithet fellowsi is presumed to honour a Hawaiian collector or collaborator named Fellows.Remarks
Feeds on yellowish-white sponges. Originally described in the genus Peltodoris; transferred to Hiatodoris in 2010 on the basis of radular and external morphology.References
- Peltodoris fellowsi n. sp., Kay E.A. & Young D.K. (1969). The Doridacea (Opisthobranchia; Mollusca) of the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Science. 23(2): 172-231.
- ペルトドーリス・フェロースイ, 中野理枝. (2004). 本州のウミウシ. ラトルズ.
- ペルトドーリス・フェロースイ, 小野篤司 & 加藤昌一. (2009). ウミウシ. 誠文堂新光社.
- Peltodoris fellowsi, Terrence Gosliner, Ángel Valdés and David Behrens. (2015). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific. New World Pubns Inc.
- ユキダマウミウシ（新称）, 中野理枝. (2018). 日本のウミウシ. 文一総合出版.
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Terrence Gosliner, Ángel Valdés and David Behrens. (2018). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific 2nd Edition. New World Pubns Inc.
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